title: Use of robot-guided stereotactic placement of intracerebral electrodes for investigation of focal epilepsy: initial experience in the UK.
abstract: We describe the operative technique and our preliminary experience with use of the Renishaw neuromate(®) stereotactic robot to implant depth electrodes for investigation of focal epilepsy in the UK. Conventional electrocorticography involving a craniotomy and implantation of grids of electrodes directly onto the brain surface is invasive and carries a high risk of major complications such as acute subdural haematoma and infection. Robot-guided depth electrodes implantation for stereotactic electroencephalography is a less invasive technique that allows accurate implantation of multiple deep brain electrodes along predefined trajectories, and has not been associated with any major surgical complications in our initial experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abhinav
authors.forename: Savithru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Sandeman
mesh_terms: D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D061646:Operative Time; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012371:Robotics; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed